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Is bachelor of arts a waste of a degree? or worth it?
slothpomba:
--- Quote from: inspectorfletcher on September 28, 2012, 11:58:40 pm ---and it seems to be generally looked down upon, and seen as more of a broad degree for baristas/prelawyers/creative white kids
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Even if this were true (and it isn't)...so what? Who gives a toss what other people think about it. There's no use not doing something you want to do because of what other people think, its your life, you only get one, no do-overs, so, you better do what you want.
--- Quote from: inspectorfletcher on September 28, 2012, 11:58:40 pm --- and people with no specialisation or anything
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I'm not sure what your idea of a specialisation is but in Arts you have a major (politics, international studies, german, philosophy, history, whatever) just like you do in science (physics, math, chemistry, biology, physiology, etc).
You still focus on an area in your field. Something like philosophy or politics is still an incredibly deep body of study.
--- Quote from: inspectorfletcher on September 28, 2012, 11:58:40 pm ---so is it really worth getting? ive heard of companies hiring cross discipline from commerce to science to engineering etc. but never arts. so im just curious as to the value you see in it
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Uni isn't a job factory or a vocational school, if you really want something thats directly applicable to a job (even though there seems to be a bit of a stigma too it around here) TAFE is what you're looking for or a professional degree at uni (eg. dentistry, nursing, medicine).
This thread is another good one to read - Merits of an Arts Degree?
EvangelionZeta:
--- Quote from: derp-derp on September 29, 2012, 02:19:44 pm ---Any merit in doing a combined honours year at UoM for an English & Theatre/Politics and International Studies major. The appeal of writing a thesis and doing academic research is huge to me for a breadth of reasons but it'd be good to have some quantifiable benefits too.
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Definitely - my personal belief (obviously a bit biased) is that English combined with a more "applied" Arts major is the best course of action, as English trains you to write and communicate very well, and is thus a really strong supplement to basically...everything.
charmanderp:
So how could an honours year with those two majors differentiate me from straight Arts graduates?
pk-607:
Just a side note about B.A. La Trobe has a "Work Ready B.A" program and I'm curious about this and want some info on anyone who have done it before. Is it worth it?
Thanks
MJRomeo81:
--- Quote from: pk-607 on September 29, 2012, 05:57:09 pm ---Just a side note about B.A. La Trobe has a "Work Ready B.A" program and I'm curious about this and want some info on anyone who have done it before. Is it worth it?
Thanks
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Feel free to look at the La Trobe handbook for additional information but to be honest, La Trobe has suffered numerous subject/staff cuts in the arts faculty recently.
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